> How dare you blame legal trade for spreading bee diseases?

We will lose 12% of our natural hardwoods over the next 20 years here  
in our county because of the Emerald Ash Borer.

As far as anyone knows it was brought here, from Asia, to Canada, and  
then to the United States via LEGAL trade. THe theory is that it came  
over via cargo skids used to transport legally traded goods.

The easier and quicker you can transport goods the more likely it is  
that we will see transmission of almost any variety of pest, disease,  
virus, and the like...

...be they bees or bananas.

Richard Stewart
Carriage House Farm
North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106
http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com
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